Denise and Raika
finish up their Utility
Dog (UD) title with a 195.5 out of Utility B at the Salinas
Kennel Club show in San Mateo under judge Osborn on December
28, 2009. Raika also earned a bumper leg on December 29, 2009
with a score of 197.5 and 4th place in stiff competition.

December 13

Marie and Tilt - Sprite's Full Tilt turn in five
clean runs at the AKC Agility Invitational in Long Beach,
California, taking third place in the 20" height
class, and earning Top Belgian Tervuren and Top Tracking
Titled Dog. See Finals
run.

November 14

Rob and Wings - Sprite's Haute Volée take
first place in Steeplechase - 26" with a 31.44 second clean
run at the USDAA Nationals/Cynosport World Games! Watch their
winning run on YouTube

June 5

Denise and Cisu earned her second "1st" place out of Utility B under judge Stephanie Gomez at the Redwood Belgian
Tervuren Club Obedience Trial in Palo Alto, CA. She also won the High Combined award. That gives her four more OTCH points and another
UDX leg.

Derede and Wings were High in Trial (HIT) from Open B!

May 24

Derede and Sprite's Haute Volée - Wings earn
their Utility Dog (UD) title at just shy of two years of age with
a score of 196 at Hangtown KC under judge Linda Hause.

May 17

Aamer and Sprite's Farrah and Valerie and Sprite's Fresca each earned their Schutzhund 3 (SchH3),
while Christopher and Sprite's Diva earned her Fahrtenhund (FH) at the Durham Schutzhund Club trial
under Belgian judge Rinus Bastienson.

Peggy and Sprite's Hullabaloo earn their Begliethunde (BH) title.

April 19

Patrice and Ghira earn their Vielseitigkeitsprüfung für Gebrauchshunde (VPG) 2 title
at the Wild West Dog Sport Trial in Delano, California under judge Jennifer Reid with a score of
95-91-94.

March 27-29

Marie and Tilt place 6th out of 240 dogs in the State Tournament at the National Agility Championship,
while Nancy and Thrill place 1st place in the Hybrid round out of 400+ 20" dogs, running the fastest
time of any of the 900 participants in that class.

March 16

Derede and Soja earn their Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX) title at the Sacramento
Dog Training Club test under judges Bob Rollins and Jill Jones.

February 17

Our trip to France paid off--Raika is pregnant and due to whelp on March 4th!